A short history of gardens / Gordon Campbell.

Main entry:

Campbell, Gordon, 1944- author.

Title & Author:

A short history of gardens / Gordon Campbell.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.

Description:

xii, 208 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 18 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The ancient and medieval garden -- The Islamic garden -- The East Asian garden -- Italy -- France -- Spain and Portugal -- Northern Europe -- Britain -- America, Africa, and Australia -- Postscript : The future history of the garden.

Summary:

Gardens take many forms, and have a variety of functions. They can serve as spaces of peace and tranquility, a way to cultivate wildlife, or as places to develop agricultural resources. Globally, gardens have inspired, comforted, and sustained people from all walks of life, and since the Garden of Eden many iconic gardens have inspired great artists, poets, musicians, and writers. In this short history, Gordon Campbell embraces gardens in all their splendor, from parks, and fruit and vegetable gardens to ornamental gardens, and takes the reader on a globe-trotting historical journey through iconic and cultural signposts of gardens from different regions and traditions. Ranging from the gardens of ancient Persia to modern day allotments, he concludes by looking to the future of the garden in the age of global warming, and the adaptive spirit of human innovation.

ISBN:

9780198784616 (hardback)
0198784619 (hardback)

Subject:

Gardens History.
Gardening History.
ARCHITECTURE Landscape.
GARDENING.
HISTORY World.
Gardening
Gardens

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main y 293858
Call No.: BIB 239083
Status: Available

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